by AMY J. RUIZ - Portland Mercury
"On Tuesday, the Healthy Kids Oregon campaign stumping for Measure 50—a cigarette tax earmarked for kids' health insurance—blasted R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris for spending "$4.5 million on television and radio, potentially the largest media buy in the history of the state of Oregon for a ballot measure." Courtni Dresser, an American Cancer Society spokesperson on loan to the Healthy Kids Oregon campaign, urged supporters to contact the tobacco companies whenever they see the ads—which refer to the tobacco tax as a "blank check" written by "HMOs and health insurers" for their own benefit—and ask them to "butt out of Oregon!" ... A spokesperson for the Reject 50 campaign did not return a call for comment by press time. "
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Jeepers. $4.5 Million marketing blitz... or is it a "surge?" These guys will spend a fortune to keep the prices of cigarettes down. Big tobacco and republicans have been in bed together almost as long as big oil and republicans.
3 comments:
Thats amazing. The last time I saw money like that spent in Oregon it has only been union interest.
What's amazing is that you never discuss the topic, instead choosing to refer to something pulled out of your ass.
Union interests huh.... If management did their job correctly, there wouldn't be a need for unions.
Wow, its as if I'm following your lead.
At least I never called you a hill billy.
And if management did their jobs correctly SEIU would still demand to exist. Your naive' if you think Unions exist for collective bargaining. Especially in Oregon.
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